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So here's my question... the play neufeld ran away from the guy who sacked Collaros.... looked like initially both he and kolankowski had him but then neufeld disengaged and so did Kolankowski.... so who was supposed to take him? I am inclined to believe just based on how it unfolded that neufeld wasn't wrong to go look for another block thinking the centre had the inside guy blocked.... but neufeld still had a real shitty game all on his own so maybe he was wrong.

he's also a giant *****. runs hard until he sees someone coming than slows down and turtles.

I know you love him, but Kongbo has made less impact as a CFL player than one of your whipping boys Kramdi. I'd take him on the roster, as a rotational piece he adds value but he's not going to fix all the problems. I'd start by apologizing to some of the DL/LBs from preseason and seeing if they'll come back and make merit based decisions on play time rather than who's been around a long time

member when it was next man up and injuries weren't an excuse because we had the depth? Yeah that was great. shame we are forgoing having depth this year because the old farts need their jobs regardless.

You mean 1 regular season game and 3 playoff games at least one of which streveler flat out won for the team?

Maybe once when he got a real good bounce because a returner didn't catch the ball... but nope I can't think of any times he just boomed one and flipped the field.

He won't grind out a game like Brady but he can pick up bigger chunks so it will just be different.

Yeah that's what I was talking about when I said not getting under the ball. Just appeared to have no concept of tracking the ball in the air.

Yeah fumbles can happen, the part that I found the most egregious was how often he failed to get under the ball and catch it. Letting the ball bounce all the damned time is just unacceptable.

Loved the Marvin Coleman returns. Catch the ball in the air every time and go forward.

Mine are just way more explosive than me. I'll get em over distance but little buggers get away before I can react. Though I did get the big 3rd down stuff the other day, kid was trying to go over top the pile from one couch to the other and I timed that **** right and got him midair before he crossed the plane.

are they? cause it looks to me like the coach is putting all his chips in on his old vets that won in 2019 and 2021... where's the rebuild there? Do we really think O'Shea is going to willingly move on from these guys at this point? The problems are the same as they were last year and it's only getting worse as time marches on and these core guys get older. Yeah they won a **** load of games, but if you didn't see the cracks appearing last season and don't see the exact same mistakes being made again this season then I just don't know what to tell you. If we were doing a mini-rebuild one of the rookie american MLBs would have played while bighill was hurt, guys like thomas wouldn't be playing nearly so much, Willie Jefferson would be getting seriously limited reps... but that's not happening, the old farts are still being expected to be their younger selves.

Says the guy who was totally off the deep end of negativity during the game.

Or ya know... just play Eli there...

The old adage is that special teams are a sign of your depth... well I'd agree. Our depth has taken a massive hit the last few years for a variety of reasons and teams have been poor. Not a coincidence in my opinion.

Then why have special teams sucked last year and game 1 this year?

How is it not true? That's exactly what happened. No one is arguing that it was the only choice, just that it is what happened.

Ok.... but as is it's a direct exchange. Bighill comes on an important has to come off... and this is it. No other interpretation possible.

And yet we just dumped gray like yesterday's news in the offseason... so what were they protecting last season?

They had 7 ol on the roster most of last season... and still gave Thomas an emergency ol number in case. It's a wasted spot unless the extremely rare case of more than 2 guys getting hurt in game.

Colin and missing the point, name a more iconic duo.

Don't get me wrong I'd have fired Thomas into the sun last season, but you like the athletes who pop off the page to a fault. Thomas for a lot of years was a good soldier on the team. He's just washed up now.

Let's forget the defense for a moment... why do we need 7 ol dressed? That's a wasted spot objectively.

You've hated Thomas from day one though, brief period when he was playing relatively decently you quieted down on it, but Thomas safe to say is a guy who has never been your type of player.

Even us armchair coaches and gas can see the roster issues and thr problems it caused last season... to continue with the same old same old as if it wasn't a problem is why people are getting angry. There is no need to play on hard mode. None at all. Build the game day roster properly and stop wasting spots or expecting too much from over the hill vets.